Closure-remover.



P. MARTIN, SR.

CLOSUBE RBMOVER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 1o, 1909.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

WITNESS/58 @if ffl@ .showin FRDERICK MARTIN, SBI., 0F SHERRILL, NEW YORK.

CLOSURE-REMOVER.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Iwan. 22, 1.910.

Application filed September 10, 1909. Serial No. 517,021.

.and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Closure-Remover, of which the following ,is a full, clear, and exact description.

My inventlon relates to closure removers, and has for itsv object to provide a device for removing the covers of fruit jars and the like, safely and quickly without fear of damaging the ufruit jar or injuring the hands.

The usual method used when opening preservingljars and the like is to insert a knife beneat the cover and by exerting a pressure on the knife, force the cover upward. The cover usually is held securely to thejar by suction, created when the preserves or other contents were steamed, and the insertion of a knife beneath the cover not only mutilates the rubber washer used on preserving jars, but soon tends to dull the knife and likewise if .the knife should slip, serious injury to the hands might result.

My device is compact, strong, and durable, and can be quickly affixed to a jar and by slightly pressing downwardly on the handle of the implement, thc cover `is loosened and raised from the jar.

Reference is to-be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof-this speci fication, in which sinnlar characters of ref? erence indicate corresponding parts lin all theviews, and in which l Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a fruit jar with cover attached, Aand my device as applied, Fig. 2 is a plan view of my device, Fig. 3 is a side elevation, parts eing in section, Fig. 4 is a faceview of vice, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the grip and. handle -portion of my device.

On a fruit jar 1, comprising a cover 2 and a rubber washer 3, intermediate the jar 1 and the\cover 2, is a closure opener 4 engaging the cover 2 of the jar 1. The closure opener 4 consists of a hook portion 5 and a handle portion 6, united by a suitable hinge l7 composed of bent projections 8 on the hook portion 5 and a bent projection 9 f on thehandle` portion 6, through which is forced a hinge` rod 10. The portion 5 is provided at one end with a hook 11 bent the hook portion of my de-` downwardly and the other end is provided with the rounded projections 8-8 forming vided with a handle 12 and a lateral projection 13, preferably formed by stamping the same from the handle 12, as,v is clearly shown in Fig. 5. A portion 14, formed at right angles to the handle 5 and integral with the projecting point 13, has its eX- tremity 9 rounded to form a part of the hinge 7. A

The operation of myl device is as fol-- lows To remove the cover from a fruit jar or the like, the opener l lis secured to the cover 2 so that the hook 11 grips thc cover 2 beneath the same, just above the washer 3, and the projecting point 13 grips the cover beneath the same above the washer 3 on that side of the'cover opposite the hook `11. A downward pressure is then exerted on the handle 12, as is shown in,

dotted lines in Fig. l, and the cover 2 is loosened and raised from the jar 1.

By using this device as described, the washer 3 remains intact onthe jar 1, and any .injury to the jar and cover is prevented, likewise i hands of the user.

It will be understood that although I have described my device as used on a fruit jar, it can be readily applied to all jars and the like having a construction similar to that as described. I do not limit myself to this particular construction, the scope of my inventionbeing fully defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1. A closure opener comprising a hooked member and an off-set handle hingedly connected with each other, the said hooked member having a. grip ing hook and the said handle having a lifting prong integral with the said handle.

2. A closure opener comprising a handle, an offset integral with the said handle, a lifting prong integral with the said handle, and a hooked member having a hook at one end, integral with the said hooked member, the said hooked member and the said handle being hingedly connected with ,each other.

3. In a closure opener for fruit jars, two members hingedlyconnected with eah other to swing up and4 down, comprising hooked the hinge 7 rIhe portion 6 is pro-v there is nodanger of injuring the It will also be understood that means on one member for ipping the s aitl jar, and lifting means on t 1e other member, for lifting the cover of the said 'an 4. In a closure opener, an o set handle, a lifting prong integral with the said ha1idle, a hooked member hingedly connected toothe said handle, and a gripping hook integral with the .said hooked member.

5. In a closure opener, an offsethandle, a lifting prong integral with the said hanelle, and a grip ing nember hingedly con'- nected to the said handle.

6. In a closure opener, an Qset handle,

a lifting vlprong integral with" the handle,

hi FREDERICK MARTIN, sR.

mark Witnesses:

WM F. LANTRY, GEO. DARRow. 

